Legend of Tomorrow

? The Suns lost their first game after the All-Star Game, losing to the Timberwolves 95-110 away from home.

It's hard for young players to stay in shape once they relax during the holidays. Howard, Steve Blake and others performed very poorly, and Joe Johnson and Marion also didn't feel good. The Suns mainly relied on Guo Xu, Nene, and Haslem to support them. With.

Haslem performed superbly in this game, scoring a career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds. He made 10 of 14 shots, but unfortunately they were empty shots.

Timberwolves small forward Szczerbiak returned, and the team added a star.

Szczerbiak's performance was not as good as last season after missing half a season, but he is a stable three-point shooting spot and can help his teammates open up space. He is definitely more reliable than blue-collar swingman Trenton Hassell in the starting lineup.

Szczerbiak scored 9 points in this game and hit a key three-pointer in the final quarter.

The Suns lost twice to the Timberwolves in the regular season, which is a strong opponent in the playoffs. Wolf King Garnett is also a favorite for the regular season MVP. All statistics this season have reached the peak of his career.

Guo Xu has a greater chance of winning the MVP again. First, the Suns have a better record. Second, his two key statistics surpass Garnett. He currently leads the scoring and assists. He also has a chance to become the league's first in steals. Currently, he has the best record in the league. The average of 2.4 is the same as Baron Davis. His efficiency value of 30.5 is also higher than Garnett's 29.4, ranking first and second in the league respectively.

Winning the MVP will greatly improve the player's status. Garnett now has a feeling of how can he be good when he is already good.

On the trade deadline on February 18, there were several blockbuster transactions in the NBA.

Smiling Assassin Thomas' pace of transforming the Knicks has not stopped, and he hopes the team will make a difference in the playoffs this year.

In a three-way trade between the Knicks, Bucks, and Hawks, Van Horn was sent to the Bucks, and the Knicks received Tim Thomas and Hawks center Muhammad. The Hawks received the Knicks' Michael Doriak and the Bucks' Joel Purczibilla, as well as a 2005 second-round draft pick.

Van Horn averaged 16.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and was the team's third offensive point, second only to Marbury and Houston. Thomas averaged 14.1 points and 5 rebounds per game for the Bucks. The advantage is that he is better at three-pointers.

The Hawks sent away stars Sharif Rahim and Jacqui Vaughn in exchange for the Warriors' expiring contracts Avery Johnson and Van Exel.

This kind of transaction is purely to show off. After Penny Hardaway was seriously injured and reimbursed, the Hawks have absolutely no hope this season, and their salary is still very high because they had previously received Terrell Brandon's bad contract.

This trade can free up more than 20 million in salary space in the summer.

The Warriors are also a bad team, and they want to recruit Raheem to get an experienced star to help them rebuild in the summer.

The biggest trade today was that the Pistons sent guards Lynch Hunter, Chucky Atkins, a first-round pick next season and 2003 No. 2 pick Darko Milicic to the Trail Blazers. Star power forward Rasheed Wallace and guard Mike James.

Before this deal, the Pistons had won 50 games for two consecutive years, but had never qualified for the Finals. Rashid will be the final piece of the puzzle on their road to the title. Rashid brings not only offense, but also a huge contribution on the defensive end.

Guo Xu originally thought that the Pistons' big trade would not happen because the Hawks had already sent Ratliff to the Bucks and did not have enough chips to impress the Trail Blazers and trade for Rasheed Wallace.

In the previous life, the Pistons recruited Rasheed, who only played one game for the Hawks, into the lineup at no cost, and also cleared out a junk contract. Now that the Hawks are not involved, the Pistons have to bleed if they want to strengthen. In the end, they chose to reluctantly send out Milicic, who has been sitting on the bench.

For this deal, head coach Larry Brown initially refused. He wanted to die with Milicic. He believed that this rookie should guard the water cooler under his hands for four years, and there was no reason to go to other teams to be focused on training.

As a result, the Pistons boss became angry and called Brown himself and asked him a serious and not very elegant question. Are you SB?

This question is really difficult to answer. In order to prove that he is not SB, Brown had to agree to let go of Milicic, the strongest fringe player in the league who would never be cultivated if he kept him.

Milicic almost cried with joy after receiving the news. Only singing could express his inner excitement and admiration for the Trail Blazers. I wanted to hold his hand tightly, but my mother told me that there would be hope again. They smiled when they saw the sun coming out, and it was dawn... (You are not asking for a transfer, you are asking the whole family to get on the cable car.)

This is definitely bad news for other teams. Rasheed is at least a poor version of Garnett. This grassroots Pistons lineup looks comparable to the grassroots Suns.

The Blazers sent Rasheed away because they needed to rebuild. Previously, they also sent Bunch Wells to the Magic in exchange for Persson. They are willing to trade as long as there is a new player they can develop. Rasheed has no potential to be tapped, and Portland fans no longer like him.

Fans have discovered the truth that Rashid is a softie. He got the nickname Roaring God all because he howled at the referee and never fought with anyone. He also has problems with his character. He is a bit of a cancer in the locker room. He once threw a towel at the face of veteran Sabonis in public.

Rashid's advantages are of course obvious. His style of play is selfless and he is stronger on defense than offense. This type of player is easy to underestimate by just looking at the data.

He has a problem with rebounding, with a career high of 8.2 twice, and the rest are around 7 rebounds. In 1999-00, he reached the Western Conference Finals and averaged 6 rebounds in 16 playoff games. His offense relies on shooting and is very unstable. In the last few minutes of the Western Conference finals, this guy missed 5 goals and was defeated by the Lakers.

Guo Xu feels that this is not the inertia of history, but some kind of necessity, which cannot be changed by creating a butterfly effect. Because the Pistons management has long been interested in Rasheed and knows that his style of play suits the team's system, so they will try their best to trade him.

Without strengthening the No. 4 position, the Pistons can only achieve a record of about 50 wins this season. It will be difficult to win whether they encounter the Nets or the Pacers in the second round of the playoffs. After the trade, the Pistons' lineup was significantly better than the other two Eastern Conference teams, and their chances of reaching the finals increased dramatically.

The idea of ​​the Pistons boss is that no one can lose to the Pacers. Ever since coach Rick Carlisle smiled and thanked the Pistons at the press conference and joined the Pacers, the two teams have become enemies.

Suns manager Brian Colangelo asked Guo Xu if he needed a mid-term trade. The Suns currently only have 14 players and one spot is vacant. Guo Xu said no, this lineup is enough to win the championship.

The Suns are not short of players in every position, and they already have a tacit understanding of cooperation. Even if a potential newcomer is traded, they will not be able to be cultivated and can only be decentralized to the Development League for training like James Jones.

With the reborn Guo Xu, the Suns don't have to worry about finding new players to train. In the 2004 draft, they had one first-round pick and two second-round picks. Even if the picks were relatively low, it was easy to pick out a few potential treasures.

The Suns can also sign people in the free market. There should not be too many newcomers. What the team needs to win the championship is excellent immediate combat ability. Based on the Suns' performance this season, there should be many people willing to cut their salary to join Guo Xu in the summer.

Manager Brian obeyed Guo Xuyan. Guo Xu said he was confident of winning the championship, and he believed that he would definitely win.

He can succeed in the entertainment industry, not to mention the basketball world where he is best?